Chapter 35 Playing a rogue!
The demise of the Li Dynasty of Yue did not cause any trouble in the Song Dynasty, the Xia Dynasty, or the Liao Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty was not allowed to go into the sea. Jiangnan merchants who could go into the sea covered up the news tightly. Whoever dared to spread the news would be thrown into the sea. They are now devoted to building an industrial park and helping Zhou Yung take over the Yue Li Dynasty.
Taking over the Yue Li Dynasty is not a voluntary labor, it is of great benefit.
First of all, they had investments when they attacked the Li Dynasty of Yue. Although there were more and less, they were all participants. The key is that taking over and operating them will also have great benefits.
Now, according to the articles given by Zhou Yunrang, they established an agricultural company to accept Jiaozhi farmers' participation. In addition to the dividends, wages and profits paid to the Nanyang Development Corporation, the remaining ones are their operating expenses, which are more or less.
Another thing that Jiangnan businessmen are paying attention to is that Nanyang Group is vigorously purchasing so-called rubber. The Nanyang Group will distribute rubber tree seeds. They only need to plant them and they can harvest them every year in the future. The rubber plantation will become their stable income.
The reason I am optimistic about this so-called rubber tree is that this rubber is used to produce wheels used in wagons, and many industries need this thing, especially steam engines.
The function of rubber is difficult to replace other things. The businessmen in Jiangnan have extraordinary vision and naturally see that this thing is a huge profit.
Crops like rice are actually the product of intensive cultivation, while rubber trees do not need this. They can save a lot of manpower and costs, which is the real profit.
Although the Eighth Masters took the lead this time, there were still a large number of merchants following the Eighth Masters. Some people were very optimistic, so they bought a lot of land in Jiaozhi and wanted to plant rubber trees here wholeheartedly.
For the merchants of the Song Dynasty, Jiaozhi's economy was too backward. Although he also learned the culture of the Song Dynasty, he was just a monkey and only learned a little bit of fur, but his economy was a mess.
But the water and soil in Jiaozhi are so good. Although the productivity is average, they are born well. They can eat enough if they grow something at will. Do you think your life is good?
Because of this, the population density of this place is actually quite good. Where there are people, it is naturally a good place to do business.
For the merchants of the Song Dynasty, this was a good place to make a fortune.
Such a good place naturally cannot be known.
Therefore, except for the merchants who can participate in the project, the rest of the people are not very good at informing them. Most of them are going to Ryukyu. Although Ryukyu was occupied by Daxia, it was still the land of the Song Dynasty on the surface.
As for Daxia, the place where Jiaozhi is a big mess. Now Daxia is in full swing, who cares about those small countries?
As for the Great Liao side, the Great Liao side is now in a mess. Although it is no longer a war with the Great Xia, the Jurchen tribe is getting stronger and stronger, and the Great Liao feels that it can no longer hold back.
So no one cares about a place that far away.
I really noticed that the Yue Li Dynasty was neighboring countries, such as neighboring countries such as Champa. After all, the movement was quite big.
The Nanyang Group attacked Jiaozhi, with huge warships covering the sky and earth, and there were many merchant ships coming and going. After the battle, the ships were even more like clouds.
It looked like the central dynasty had trembled with all its strength to attack Jiaozhi, which scared Zhan Po and other countries and quickly sent someone to inquire. Zhou Yun asked Wen Yan to tell him: "We are just here to punish the monarch and ministers of the Yue Li Dynasty, which has nothing to do with the rest of the country, so you don't have to be nervous.
Moreover, we came here and wanted to do business with you. Everyone can do more business in the future..."
With Zhou Yunrang's guarantee, the surrounding countries were temporarily relieved, but they still did not let go of all their worries.
——Who can really feel at ease when a giant is lying beside him? And looking at the attitude of Nanyang Group, it is not the intention of leaving.
They saw it right, Zhou Yunrang and others did not leave, how could they give Ouyang Bian a grain production land?
Zhou Yunrang and others not only refused to leave, but also took root.
Farms were built one by one, local farmers were absorbed into the countryside, and the government was rebuilt, of course, people who were willing to seek refuge, while some important positions were held by senior executives in the Nanyang Group.
Nanyang Group has divided the general property of Yuanyang Group. Yuanyang Group has trained many talents over the years. It is naturally no problem to manage Jiaozhi if it can handle overseas trade.
Under the more advanced management model, the farmers of Jiaozhi who have gained benefits naturally support Nanyang Group very much, while Jiaozhi's landlord group has been broken up and cannot do anything at all. Jiaozhi has stabilized.
However, it will not take a day or two to wait for Jiaozhi to stabilize.
In this matter, the Daxia Dynasty is ushering in a huge change.
Although the railway connecting Chang'an and Bianjing was not fully connected, it completed a section from Bianjing to Zhengzhou.
Of course, this section is not short, it is a full hundred and sixty miles away.
From Zhengzhou to Bianjing, if there is a cement road, it will take four or five hours to ride on this section of the road, but after the cement road, it only takes two hours to arrive, and now it is different.
Ouyang Bian took the officials together and took only half an hour to arrive in Zhengzhou from Bianjing. Ouyang Bian took the officials to eat a mutton noodles in Zhengzhou before returning.
"We sat in two carriages in front, and the back were loaded, and they were loaded with tens of thousands of stones of rice. It took us an hour to go all in Zhengzhou. Is this efficiency not?"
Su Che sighed: "This is more than just possible, it's amazing. When our train shop arrives in Chang'an City, Chang'an will not have to be afraid of food shortage."
Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Yes, Chang'an City is indeed the first choice for the capital. However, because the canal is blocked, it has been no longer suitable for capital in modern times. Now with trains, Chang'an has the conditions to be a capital again.
The current land of our Daxia is Chang'an, and Chang'an is still an advantage in taking Chang'an as the capital."
Lu Huiqing agreed to this: "What Your Majesty said is that trains are really a powerful weapon for the country. With trains, the distance can be shortened. In the past, it took ten days and half a month to reach a thousand miles. Now, it may take several hours. This is very beneficial to the governance of the court. Your Majesty, my grandfather, should we pave the railway as soon as possible?"
When Su Che heard Lu Huiqing's words, he frowned.
"Jifu... The train is indeed a good thing, but the current finance may not be able to support it for the time being. We should delay the repair for a few years. The finances in the past two years are indeed very tense."
Lu Huiqing shook his head and said, "I am clearly nervous about the financial situation, but it is not the real difficulty. The war with the Liao and Song dynasties has already stopped. Although there are many major projects now, the train is beneficial to the country and the people. The sooner the construction is, the greater the development of the country. The current economic development does require such a national important weapon to promote it. My opinion is that the sooner the better."
Ouyang Bian looked at Zhang Dun.
Zhang Dun pondered for a moment and said, "Brother Ziyou's concerns make sense. There are indeed many big projects we are doing.
Although the Great Wall-centered defense system is only a brief renovation, the investment is still very large;
Mizhou Industrial Park has now gradually entered production, but the subsequent investment is still considerable;
In the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that have just been recovered, we need to invest a lot of money and grain to rebuild. Now the land reform has just been completed, and a large-scale highway cementization project is underway;
The three Hejian Prefecture and Zhending Prefecture are also undergoing reconstruction, and these are also big investments;
There are also many projects that are not large in scale but are also expensive in progress. If you want to move out money to build a railway, it would be fine if it is only a few thousand miles, but Brother Ji Fu's meaning is probably not something that can be done in just a few thousand miles, right?"
Ouyang Bian looked at Lu Bing. Lu Bing was the Minister of Revenue and he knew best whether he had money or not.
Lu Bing smiled bitterly: "The Ministry of Revenue can't afford the money."
Ouyang Bian nodded and looked at Lu Caiwei sitting next to him. Although Lu Caiwei is only the governor of the central bank, she is Ouyang Bian's wife after all, so she can be with her side.
When Lu Caiwei saw Ouyang Bian's eyes, she knew what Ouyang Bian meant: "The central bank has money, but if it is too much, it will affect the normal operation of the central bank."
Ouyang Bian smiled: "The Ministry of Revenue, the central bank, the Agricultural Bank of China, and social capital can all work together. Railways are different from other infrastructures. Railways can make money. Although they may only recover costs, or they will lose some losses. This has nothing to do with the state. The state will subsidize them, and this has nothing to do with it.
The main problem now is that the country is unwilling to invest money, but that the finances have no money. As long as the finances have money in a few years, they can be promoted on a large scale.
Now, the finance, the central bank, the Agricultural Bank of China and some social capital, we will first build the shelf and then set up a profit plan, and the country will subsidize it. What do you think?"
Lu Caiwei actively kept up: "There is no problem here on the central bank."
Lu Bing also quickly said: "There is no problem here at the Ministry of Revenue."
Agricultural Bank President Yu Mou also said: "There is no problem here in the Agricultural Bank."
Ouyang Bian smiled: "Okay, everyone is getting high in firewood, so let's do the things first... Zhongfu."
Lu Bing was shocked: "Your Majesty?"
Ouyang Bian said: "It's almost the end of the year. It's time for our fiscal year to summarize. Are there any approximate data now?"
Lu Bing nodded and said, "As of November of the seventh year of Daxing, the revenue of the Daxia treasury increased by 80% year-on-year..."
Ouyang Bian interrupted: "Why is it growing so much?"
Lu Bing smiled and said, "Part of this is because of the war. War requires a large amount of military supplies. Military supplies are purchased from the private sector, which directly promotes economic prosperity. The commercial tax collected in each link will naturally increase significantly;
The other part is the increase in land tax. Although Zhending Sanfu has reduced income by stabilizing the walls and clearing the fields, the second half of this year will be a bumper harvest, so not only does not lose, but also increases income;
The third is the economic development of society itself. Our large-scale infrastructure has made the entire economy active and all walks of life are very active. In this way, the natural commercial tax surges;
Fourth, the significant increase in overseas trade. We restricted the maritime trade of the Song Dynasty, which allowed the Nanbeiyang Group to take over, so the income naturally increased significantly.
but……"
Ouyang Bian frowned and said, "But what?"
Lu Bing smiled bitterly and said, "Although revenue growth is large, expenditure is even greater."
Ouyang Bian shook his head and smiled, "Just say it right."
Lu Bing said: "The expenditure has not increased much compared to last year, but that's because it was also over-expenditure last year. We spent 450 million knots last year, and this year's expenditure is 500 million knots."
Ouyang Bian laughed and said, "It's okay. As long as you don't fight, you can save most of the expenditure. The economy will explode in the next few years, and then the income will increase, and our expenditure will not grow year by year..."
“This is hard to say…”
Su Che suddenly said.
"... Once the railway is laid out, the railway alone will not be able to be blocked by hundreds of millions of traffic."
As soon as Su Che said this, Ouyang Bian's face looked a little embarrassed.
However, the railway is a giant beast of gold swallowing. With the nature of the Daxia Dynasty, the construction of a railway is definitely not a few hundred miles or hundreds of miles, but it must be thousands or tens of thousands of miles per day. Such a large investment is comparable to a large war!
Ouyang Bian has always been thick-skinned, but he feels a little emotional.
In the Song Dynasty, the annual income of tens of millions of yuan a year was only tens of millions of yuan. At that time, all officials would be happy for a long time because they would be very generous next year with tens of millions of yuan.
Now the Daxia area is not as large as the previous Dasong Song Dynasty, but its income is in units of billions of stakes. This is the data that has been fighting for several years.
"besides……"
Lu Bing suddenly remembered: "Your Majesty, Nanyang Group has basically not paid profits in the second half of the year. And judging from this situation, there is probably no profit to pay next year. This is a gap of about 40 to 50 million yuan!"
Speaking of this, Su Che looked a little strange: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Nanyang Group took over Jiaozhi and killed Li Qiande, the king of the Yue Li Dynasty?"
Ouyang Bian nodded and said, "Ah, that's the case, but this is a business matter, so we don't need to worry too much."
"Haha!" Su Che smiled angry, "Your Majesty, do you think you can use your words to make excuses for your own people?"
Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "It's not that I'm trying to swear by you. This is really a commercial act. Although I invested money in it, I don't represent myself. Moreover, our court did not participate in it, that is a civil act, it's okay."
Su Che smiled bitterly and said, "The world's long mouth is just covered with a layer of skin. How could it be hidden from the eyes of the people in the world?"
Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "If you know, you will know. Anyway, the Daxia court has not participated. You can say whatever you like."
"you!"
Su Che couldn't help but get angry.
Chapter completed!